1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
4 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
6 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
10 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
11 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
12 out more easily they can customize them
14 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
16 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
17 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
19 . fixed no user defaults file processing
21 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
22 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
23 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
24 disabled in backupninja.conf
25 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
26 in vsnames config variable
28 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
29 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
30 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
31 "vsnames" configuration setting
34 . fixed errors in create remote dir
35 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
36 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
38 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
40 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
41 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
44 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
45 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
46 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
47 don't follow symlinks)
48 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
49 . new function: vservers_exist
52 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
54 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
56 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
57 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
59 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
60 backupninja and ninjahelper
63 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
65 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
66 . different signing and encrypting key support added
67 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
68 GnuPG-related options are used
70 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
71 ninjahelper(s) changes
72 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
73 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
75 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
77 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
78 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
79 . updated to include Vserver selection
81 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
82 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
84 . enhanced for vserver support
85 . now able to select databases and dump directory
87 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
89 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
90 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
91 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
92 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
93 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
94 added makecd ninjahelper
95 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
96 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
97 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
98 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
99 update rdiff ninjahelper
100 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
101 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
102 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
104 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
105 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
106 fixed insecure temporary file creation
107 *****************************************
108 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
109 fixed incorrect find positional
110 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
111 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
112 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
113 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
114 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
115 man pages are greatly improved.
117 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
118 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
119 added vservers support to duplicity handler
120 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
121 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
122 have a look at example.dup.
124 documented .disabled method.
125 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
126 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
127 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
128 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
129 to be seen as a vserver
130 changes to sys handler
131 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
132 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
134 changes to pgsql handler
135 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
136 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
137 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
138 changes to ninjahelper
139 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
140 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
141 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
142 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
143 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
144 added helper for pgsql handler.
145 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
146 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
147 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
148 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
150 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
151 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
152 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
153 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
154 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
155 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
157 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
158 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
159 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
160 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
161 ******************************************************************
162 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
163 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
164 ******************************************************************
165 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
166 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
167 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
168 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
169 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
170 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
171 added "sign" option for backups signing
172 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
173 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
174 added "nicelevel" option
175 added "testconnect" option
176 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
177 added "bandwidthlimit" option
178 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
179 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
180 added configfile option to mysql handler
181 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
182 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
183 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
184 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
185 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
187 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
188 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
189 rdiff handler supports local dest
190 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
191 added "when = hourly"
192 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
193 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
194 improved 'when' parsing.
196 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
197 results of handlers are now read line by line.
198 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
199 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
200 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
201 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
202 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
203 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
204 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
205 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
206 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
208 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
209 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
210 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
211 added status in the subject line of report emails
213 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
214 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
215 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
216 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
217 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
219 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
220 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
222 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
223 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
225 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
226 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
227 fixed stderr redirect bug
228 some comments in example.rdiff
230 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
231 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
232 works now with gawk as well as mawk
233 many bug fixes to ldap handler
234 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
235 does not require /usr/bin/stat
237 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
238 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
239 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
241 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
243 moved sh support to a handler script
244 add test mode, where no action is taken.
246 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
247 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
248 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
250 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
251 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
252 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
253 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
254 all scripts are now run as root
256 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
257 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
258 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
259 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
260 added support for .mysql config files.
262 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004